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Patapsco Granite

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The groundhog got it right this year: we had an early Spring which was enjoyed immensely by 230 orienteers who hit the woods at QOC’s Patapsco Granite meet Saturday, March 9. People from far and wide came out to enjoy the challenging courses set out by course designer Jan Merka. Everybody seemed to have a great time, including a quite a few happy dogs who had energy remaining for some romping in the meadow after completing the course with their humans. Thank you to the St. Alphonsus Rodriguez church for the use of their parking lot. It turned out to be the perfect location.

As with any QOC event, volunteers are the main ingredient for a successful meet. Helping with set-up was John Billingslea and Beth Benzinger. Charo Bishop, Luisa Bishop, Iona Fleming, John Spain, Doug and Kris Oursler, and Don Davis were on the front lines handling registration. Elliott Hamilton and Mike Newman instructed new orienteers on all the basics. Amy Loudon, Jon Torrance and Andrew Bishop covered ePunch duties for the day, overcoming a dead battery with extra long extension cords to make sure everybody got their results. Controls were retrieved by Jody Landers, Doug and Kris Oursler, Johan Aström and Kim, Anne and Esben Jepsen. The crew was quite relieved to see Kim bring back with his controls one way-overdue orienteer! Thank you from all thirsty orienteers to Jan’s daughter Alexis for helping to bring the water to the water controls.

Alex Bishop
Meet Director

White
Course Length: 2.3 km
Course Climb: 100 m
Number of Controls: 6
Place Name Club Time
1 Marc Blanquart QOC 34:46
2 Michael Rodrigues QOC 53:14
3 Alexis Merka QOC 54:01
4 Kathrin Herberholz & Lucienne 54:17
5 Barry Fortune & William 57:53
6 Cole Eicholtz & Jacob Kempske & Blake Eicholtz 60:00
7 Stephen Nurre & Courtney & Nicholas & Elizabeth QOC 67:52
8 Julia Wells QOC 94:21
9 Olivia Wells QOC 94:23
10 Samantha Sheridan & Justin & Jakey 113:26
11 Cathy Attfield QOC 117:33
12 Anne Gonnella SVO 139:50
13 Teri Squnier 139:56
14 Jason Eshleman DNF
Yellow
Course Length: 3.3 km
Course Climb: 120 m
Number of Controls: 8
Place Name Club Time
1 Marc Blanquart QOC 41:01
2 Sean Walsh & Ethan QOC 50:53
3 Chris Hobbs & Jed QOC 63:55
4 Jack Sprenkle QOC 65:41
5 Gregory Man QOC 65:46
6 Andrew Szabo QOC 70:45
7 Florence Tan QOC 75:15
8 Jeffrey & Tammy Kronenwetter QOC 98:30
9 Nicole Lennon QOC 117:25
10 Mark Beckman QOC 117:42
11 Dee Reeb & Debbie Shaffer 118:13
12 Alan Penczek & Madeline Yates 120:21
13 John Spain & Clare 125:57
14 Pack 702 B QOC 137:47
15 Pack 702 C 150:01
16 Les Stallions 166:11
17 Pack 702 A QOC 172:15
18 Dwayne Carr & Colin & Ethan DNF (66:20)
19 Rajiv Shah & Rohit & Neel DNF (114:28)
20 Morgan Franklin MP (135:18)
21 Frances Correa & Zac Ufnar MP (197:23)
Orange
Course Length: 3.7 km
Course Climb: 135 m
Number of Controls: 10
Place Name Club Time
1 Doug & Kris Ann Oursler 50:44
2 Marc Blanquart QOC 52:13
3 Mike Berry & Mary Thompson QOC 63:28
4 Dana Moen 70:04
5 Stephen Coffin QOC 77:40
6 Stephanie Coffin QOC 78:42
7 Shannon Costello & Kelly Singer 79:12
8 Jeffrey Kronenwetter QOC 82:10
9 Bryan Singer & Cash Costello 89:57
10 Lisa Novins QOC 90:32
11 Diana Aleksieva QOC 94:15
12 Christina Fink & Jon 96:07
13 Iva Zicha QOC 98:10
14 Michael Swisher QOC 101:45
15 Julia Briggs & Richard & Julian & Georgia QOC 103:02
16 Earl Sneeringer & Stephanie QOC 104:46
17 Devin Stewart & Kimberly Mitman 106:10
18 Lee Todd QOC 106:33
19 Susan Miltenberger 107:29
20 David Greenberg & Peter- Campbell -Ben & Nancy - Zach - Sandy QOC 108:14
20 Kathy Urban DVOA 108:14
22 Leigh Billeaud & Greg QOC 121:46
23 Amy Louden QOC 132:57
24 Michael Press & Harrison QOC 135:50
25 Zavh Austensen & Blake 136:54
26 Adam Gross & JHU Outdoors QOC 138:01
27 Richard Fulton Family 138:11
28 Daniel Birzak & Ava & Karl 138:43
29 Lillian Nguyen & Anya & Kai & Elliza 140:19
30 AML & JCA 143:56
31 Ken Dahl & Marilyn 157:55
32 Adrian Crofts & Will- Joe- Nick & & Jenny 167:46
33 Daniel Lathrop QOC MP (66:47)
34 Lisa Beck QOC DNF (147:40)
35 Kattis Astrom QOC DNF
Brown
Course Length: 4.7 km
Course Climb: 245 m
Number of Controls: 12
Place Name Club Time
1 Don Davis QOC 66:06
2 Julie Keim SVO 67:45
3 Rob Briber 68:57
4 Ron Enson QOC 69:39
5 Linus Hamilton QOC 73:59
6 Rob Wilkison DVOA 74:02
7 Mark Mace QOC 80:39
8 Mark Baugh QOC 84:44
9 Edward Enson QOC 89:40
10 Esben Jepsen QOC 96:13
11 Paul Ruchlin QOC 96:15
12 Mike Stepanik 98:41
13 Anne Jepsen QOC 100:20
14 Steve Mones DVOA 103:26
15 Dana Moen 106:32
16 Florin Tencariu & Helen Honeywell DVOA 111:05
17 Eva Matveeva QOC 111:23
18 Ben Haeffele & Juleen Lam QOC 116:56
19 George Schink QOC 122:07
20 David Urban DVOA 122:11
21 Dwight Johnson QOC 128:46
22 Christina Young & Reed Schuyler QOC 129:46
23 Marit Davis QOC 137:24
24 Carol Fink DVOA 139:27
25 Brad Millick & Nathan Leong 139:47
26 Mike Newman QOC 140:34
27 Steven Jones 147:43
28 Tim Van Vranken & Elly & Maggie 162:17
29 Crystal Allard & John Babb QOC 166:25
30 Beth Ann Stasiowski & Don and Jake QOC 176:37
31 Michael Doyle 179:36
32 Brett Kutscher MP (115:04)
33 Erin Jenkins DNF (154:00)
34 Adam Heifetz Family & Gary Sepulvado DNF (203:47)
35 Suzanne Izzo QOC DNF (207:12)
Green
Course Length: 6.6 km
Course Climb: 265 m
Number of Controls: 15
Place Name Club Time
1 Greg Lennon QOC 82:20
2 Jody Landers QOC 83:20
3 Brian Fleming QOC 88:18
4 John Sawyko QOC 92:00
5 Diana Todd QOC 94:51
6 Jared Silk & Ryan QOC 98:16
7 Brian Fisher QOC 99:01
8 Sam Listwak QOC 109:05
9 Bob Fink DVOA 109:42
10 Billy Allaband DVOA 114:44
11 Jack Logansmith QOC 142:29
12 Justin Jones 147:46
13 William Woodford & Elaine QOC 155:36
14 Ochal Meghan & Erik de Guzman DNF (181:22)
15 Frantisek Brabec QOC DNF
Red
Course Length: 7.2 km
Course Climb: 335 m
Number of Controls: 18
Place Name Club Time
1 Daniel Quinn QOC 72:58
2 Jon Pifer QOC 90:18
3 Eugene Tsypnyatov 101:54
4 Kim Jepsen QOC 103:34
5 David Levine QOC 133:51
6 David Wall QOC DNF (110:13)
7 John Baker QOC DNF (111:07)
8 Wendy Alberg & Anne Louise Gockel DNF
Blue
Course Length: 8.4 km
Course Climb: 375 m
Number of Controls: 19
Place Name Club Time
1 Eddie Bergeron SVO 57:06
2 Jon Torrance QOC 64:14
3 Johan Astrom QOC 69:32
4 Zac Barker DVOA 74:25
5 Joel Ford QOC 86:29
6 Andy Bacon QOC 87:48
7 Videlin Aleksiev QOC 89:49
8 Jay Gelman & Will Schaefer QOC 92:19
9 Dave Pruden QOC 99:26
10 Charles Carrick QOC 99:28
11 Ryan Stasiowski QOC 100:40
12 Victor Lin QOC 106:10
13 Neal Attfield QOC 111:29
14 Michael Stasiowski QOC 126:38
15 Dagmar Merkova QOC 148:50
16 Shane Hagerman QOC 150:59
17 Rory Welch QOC 171:31
18 John Billingslea & Elizabeth DVOA 199:36
Total Event Entries: 146
Abbreviations: DNF = did not finish, MP = mispunch, NC = non-competitive (usually 2nd course or course setter/vetter), OT = overtime (more than 3 hours or returned after course closing time).